The Winery Alexandre Gauvin of Côte Chalonnaise of Burgundy

Winery Alexandre Gauvin - Bourgogne Hautes-Côtes de Nuits
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 10 of the estates of Burgundy.
It is located in Côte Chalonnaise in the region of Burgundy

The Winery Alexandre Gauvin is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Côte Chalonnaise to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines

Looking for the best Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines in Côte Chalonnaise among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

How Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, sarthe pot or roast duck breast stuffed with foie gras confit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alexandre Gauvin. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pepper or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, spices or oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alexandre Gauvin. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

  • 2015With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

Discovering the wine region of Côte Chalonnaise

The Côte Chalonnaise is a wine-growing region in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy, eastern France. It is composed of five key communes, separated from each other by only a few kilometres. From North to South, they are: Bouzeron, Rully, Mercurey, Givry and Montagny. It takes its name from the commune of Chalon-sur-Saône.

The main Grape varieties of the Côte Chalonnaise are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Gamay and various other red and white mutations of the Pinot family are planted in smaller quantities. The Chalonnaise Lies between the Côte de Beaune to the north and the Mâconnais, just to the south. There is a Clear division between these two areas, clearly delineated by the border between the departments of Côte d'Or and Saône-et-Loire.

The top white wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

How Winery Alexandre Gauvin wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, spaghetti with squid ink (italy) or butter chicken or chicken makkhani (india).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alexandre Gauvin. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin

  • 2017With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.91/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alexandre Gauvin.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alexandre Gauvin

Planning a wine route in the of Côte Chalonnaise? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alexandre Gauvin.

Discover the grape variety: Mourvèdre

Mourvèdre noir is a grape variety originating from Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Mourvèdre noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhône valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Alexandre Gauvin and wines from the region

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

An overview of the Rully appellation

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to a survey above the vineyard of Rully. Situated at the end of the Côte de Beaune region, it marks the begining of the côte chalonnaise with such a diversity of landscapes. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogne-wines ...

Hitting the right note

Last year, there was much mirth on wine Twitter about a particularly excruciating tasting note. You’re right. The wine trade needs to get out more. But still… this one was a beauty. It began well enough – really quite beautiful, in fact. But before long the imaginative descriptions were getting more ornate and strained. It moved from poetic to meaningless before finishing with a reference to Burnt Norton – the first of TS Eliot’s Four Quartets – that put it firmly in Private Eye magazine’s ...

The word of the wine: Hybrid

Term designating grape varieties obtained from two different vine species.